Oiling device



w. Y. HEADLEY. OILING DEVICE. 1 APPLICATION FILED APR.29, I921.

Patepted May 16, 1922.;

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM Y HEADLEY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO.

OILING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.v

Patented May '16, 1922.

Application filed April 29, 1921. Serial No. 465,612.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that WILLIAM Y. HEADLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the countyof Hamilton and State of Ohio, has invented new and useful Improvements in Oiling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

method in common use in the distribution of oil in the lubrication of automobile mechanism of the Ford type, commonly known as the splash system, and embraces improvements in and simplification of the devices used for the purpose as herein set forth.

It is common in such engines to carry the oil from the transmission case to the gear case by means of a pipe or tube located either inside or outside of the casings and tube located outside the casing seek to avoid this difliculty but all of them have certain defects and disadvantages not found in my device and are more complicated and ex pensive.

My invention does not require the drilling or tapping of the casing either of the trans mission case or of the gear case. It permits the use of the standard magneto plug simply adding the special parts hereinafter illustrated and described and providing a very .inlet plug and its oil tube connection; the .inlet plug terminating in thecrank case in front of the crank shaft gear.

3 -3 of Fig. 1 shows in "the upper portion to the right, the transmission plug with the transmission case and an oil outlet element-sectioned and arrows indicating the flow of oil; and showing in the lower left- My invention relates to the means and hand portion of the figure, the flange of the crank case cover and the adjoining portion of the crank case in section and the oil inlet element sufiiciently in section to indicate with the arrows the flow of oil. A portion of the oil tube contiguous to the outlet and inlet is shown with the main portion broken away.

Referring now to the drawings, A is the combined gear case (being the portion to wardthe left in Fig. 1) crank case (being the central portion) and transmission case (being the right-hand portion) provided with the cover A for the gear case portion, the cylinder block A forming a cover for the crank case portion, and a cover A for the transmission caseportion. The case A is kept partially filled with oil which is splashed about with the operation of the mechanism therein.

A magneto plug of the usual type and located directly above the usual hole a, in-

stead of being seated directly on the transmission case A has interposed between it and the transmission case, a thick washer C with a thin packing washer 0 above and 0 below, and the magneto plug B with the interposed washer C is secured to the cover A by screws 8 in the usual manner. A spring 2? with or without the positioningplu'g t is used in the usual way. The washer C is drilled and tapped radially to receive the nipple c to which is secured a packing nut c which securely holds the inlet end of the oil tube E in position. The depending flange or axial boss I) on the magneto plug B may becut away at b opposite the oil outlet, to permit a more ready flow of the oil outwardly, as indicated by the contiguous arrow, as it is splashed up through the opening a into the chamber of formed by the hole in the washer C. The tube E extends toward the front and downwardly where itordinary stud orfcap, screw, securing the' gearcover A to the case The axial hole (l on the stud bolt D connects with the opening d in the nipple'al and forms a continuous passagefor the flow of oil from the oil tube E in the crank case.

The oil is splashed so violently in the transmission case that it is dashed through the opening in the transmission case cover into the chamber 0 through the nipple c and the oil tube E and through the stud D into gear case. The force of the flow is such as to cause the oil to spurt out the hole d of the stud D. As before stated, the oil flows by gravity back through the gearcase to the crank case and thence to the transmission case, completing the circuit.

, I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States I 1. In combination with a splash-oiled internal combustion engine, a hollow member confined between the magneto plug and the transmission case, an oil outlet passage through the wall of said hollow member, a

hollow stud forming an inlet for oil and said oil outlet, a hollow stud forming an in-.

let for oil and adapted to replace one of the standard bolts securing the gear cover to the crank case, and anoil conduit connectinw said washer outlet to said stud inlet.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

l/VILLIAM Y. HEADLEY. Vitnesses CARL PHARES, NORMA D. BERGER. 

